Jean Rouch and I had been planning several years ago to make this film, for which he had found the title, Swimming the Blues. I then left for Africa for six months, but stayed for seven, and Jean passed away on the day of my return to Paris. I have only recently felt like picking up the pieces and have started filming Jean's friends and colleagues, of which Philo Bregstein, Paul Henley, Inoussa Ousseini...